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I am stuck for a while parsing date in string using NSDateFormatter
Date in string is in below format
1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Below is the code I use to parse
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss"];
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
NSDate *date = [[NSDate alloc]init];
date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:#"1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM"];
This code works with date #"12/31/2011" and format #"MM/dd/yyyy"
Please help

Answer 1

use my bellow custom method and parse that date into another format...
-(NSString *)changeDateFormat:(NSString*)stringDate dateFormat:(NSString*)dateFormat getwithFormat:(NSString *)getwithFormat{
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:dateFormat];
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:stringDate];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:getwithFormat];
NSString *convertedString = [dateFormatter stringFromDate:date];
//NSLog(#"Converted String : %#",convertedString);
return convertedString;
}
use this method like bellow..
NSString *strSDate = [self changeDateFormat:#"1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM" dateFormat:#"dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss a" getwithFormat:#"dd/MM/yyyy"];
NSLog(#"Converted String : %#",strSDate);
Set any Format which you want in getwithFormat parameter and set format in dateFormat parameter which you have with your Date string...
OUTPUT IS => Converted String : 01/01/2011

Answer 2

Try this
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc]init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:#"MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss a"];
//First format date from string
NSDate *date = [dateFormatter dateFromString:#"01/01/2011 12:00:00 AM"];
//Set date formatter to specific format
[dateFormatter setTimeStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
[dateFormatter setDateStyle:NSDateFormatterShortStyle];
//Log the value
NSLog(#"%#",[dateFormatter stringFromDate:date]);